The first African American woman from Ohio elected to the United States House of Representatives, who served the state’s eleventh congressional district for nearly ten years. Prior to her election to Congress, Tubbs Jones was Chief Prosecutor of Cuyahoga County.
One of the first African American female ministers in Cleveland and the founder of Highlight FBH “Fire Baptized Holiness” Church in the 1950s
Ohio teacher, administrator and community activist, and the first African-American assistant high school principal in the Cleveland Public Schools
American advocate for peace and human rights
African-American community activist, columnist for the Cleveland Plain Dealer, and the first woman to serve on the board of the Cleveland Transit System
African-American civil rights lawyer and civic activist
A long-time employee of Cleveland’s Recreation Department who worked “to help children to form good social patterns of behavior through recreation.”
Educator, the first African-American administrator in the Mount Pleasant area, and an advisor/director with the Phillis Wheatley Association
Ohio civic activist and political strategist
The first African-American woman judge in Ohio and the first to sit on the Ohio Industrial Commission, the highest state position ever held by an African-American woman at that time.